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U.S. Air Force film expressing need for and promoting physical fitness

Woman seen backing her 1962 Ford Galaxie convertible car out of carport of her house in the suburbs. Her husband is seated on a motorized lawn mower. View from inside Ford convertible as housewife backs out of the driveway and leaves driving on suburban streets; while her husband proceeds to cut the grass in the front yard, relying on motor power rather than personal exertion. Likewise, the woman driving along in her car, exerts little effort. Air Force personnel in uniform, at work in an office setting also expend little energy. A group of Air Force men engaged in calisthenics. A man exercising with dumbells for exercise and fitness. A man playing golf. Couples riding tandem bicycles, and paddling canoes. A group of men performing calisthenics and doing pushups. Several people swimming at a pool. Children being taught to swim by their father. Youth engaged in group swimming activities. A group of boys on a swim team line up and dive into the swimming pool.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1964
Duration: 3 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048115
U.S. Air Force film intended to encourage physical fitness of Air Force personnel

Opening scene shows a U.S. Titan intercontinental ballistic missile being launched from an underground silo. U.S. airmen at monitoring stations in a missile launch control room. An airman working to maintain and repair missile-related equipment and accessories. An Force Captain overseeing airmen at control room work stations. Astronaut John Glenn stepping from a NASA structure, fully suited in space suit, and climbing into a Mercury Space Capsule. Air Force personnel engaged in sports to maintain fitness, playing softball, volleyball, and basketball. An airman typing at a desk job. An Air Force woman sorting 88 column Hollerith cards punch cards by machine. An airman performing calisthenics outside his quarters on an Air Base. Another airman typing expertly at a desk job. Airmen lifting large boxes. Air Force personnel bowling for recreation. Others playing badminton at an Air Force Base. Airmen bicycling out the gate of an Air Base. Air Force bombers parked on a flight line. One, a B-52, is fitted with a large pointed missile underneath its wing.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1964
Duration: 3 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048116
Dramatized Pictorial History of the U.S. through the Civil War and its aftermath showing transition towards industrialization

'A nation rises ' Dramatization showing reenactments of scenes from civil war and aftermath in America. Still photographs of destruction from the civil war. Destroyed buildings and rubble in a Southern city. Numerous sets of railroad train wheels along with destroyed rails. Destroyed buildings in background. Dramatization showing postwar recovery efforts in rural areas, where men harness horses to help clear land. Settlers moving into the West. Buildings being constructed in the American Southwest. Herds of cattle moving through desert where cactus are growing. Illustration of a sailing ship carrying immigrants into New York harbor, with statue of Liberty in background. Reenactment of travelers boarding a large River boat. Smoke issuing from twin stacks of the river boat, as its horn blows. Bell ringing on the boat. Passengers watching from the boat as it moves along a river. Views of river and surrounding woods. A woman and baby on board the boat. Views of forests along river bank. View from water behind a moving sternwheeler river boat. A woman feeding chickens on a farm. A farmer harvesting a crop by hand, and another building a wall from stones taken out of the ground. A man stepping from a log house. An 18th century shop equipped with foot-operated wood working machines. Several farmers watching as one demonstrates Cyrus McCormick's reaper. (Note: period shown is from 1861 through about 1880. Film created about 1961)

Location: United States USA
Date: 1961
Duration: 3 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048132
(Mostly reenactment) 1961 film showing advances in commerce, communication and transport in United States in mid 19th Century.

Mostly reenactment footage showing how post-civil war Industrialization leads to a market surplus in United States giving a boost to commerce. (Film made in 1961) Development of communication system, system of sending mails by horsemen. Telegraph poles and cables set up. Construction of Transcontinental railroad tracks to develop a vast transport network. Sketches of men laying telegraph cable across Atlantic to set up link between east and west. Expansion of petroleum industry: Dramatization of an oil well "gusher" as it gushes oil upward and excited well workers celebrate. Following scene is of actual oil wells gushing and a field of oil wells and derricks in place.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1961
Duration: 4 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048133
Reenactment of historic events including the great Chicago fire of 1871

Dramatization showing days of prosperity as a result of post-civil war industrialization in America. A barbershop quartet performing songs of the era. A stage show in a club or dinner theatre environment. Patrons throw streamers and watch the performers on stage. Reenactment as the great Chicago fire of 1871 takes place. Firefighters race to the scene and battle flames with buckets and hoses. Reconstruction takes place in Chicago and much of the city is rebuilt. Actual still photos of the city of Chicago during reconstruction after the fire.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1961
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048134
Rise of Capitalism and the growing concern for worker's rights during 20th Century in United States

Industrialization and the rise of capitalism and organized labor in 20th Century United States. Stockyards, factories and farms in Chicago area. Elevated view over Chicago stockyards as cattle move through the stockyards. Mass production takes place in factories leading to rise of capitalism in United States. Views inside a rubber goods factory as rubber is shaped, heated, formed, nad then passed on to a sewing room. A room full of mostly young men is seen at belt-driven mechanical sewing machines working on the rubber goods which resemble rubber hats. A more advanced mechanized reaper or wheat processing machine in use on a farm. Scene changes to a man standing in front of giant tall chalk boards, perhaps at an commodity exchange or shipment scheduling and tracking company of some kind. Boards are marked "Liverpool" and "New Orleans Jobs" and "New Orleans" and "New York." Formation of American Federation of Labor by Samuel Gompers and efforts of Jack London to safeguard the rights of laborers in America. Two labor workers hold picket signs and protest.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1925
Duration: 2 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048135
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